Police in Northern Ireland probe sinister graffiti threat aimed at Brexit port workers

Police in Northern Ireland are probing a sinister graffiti terror threat made to Brexit port workers. The investigation was launched after the words ‘all border post staff are targets’ appeared spray painted on a wall in Larne, County Antrim, on Thursday. It is not known who was behind the latest threat, but MPs have warned … Read more

Twist follows sinister twist in thrilling finale to our last mystery from queen of crime P.D. JAMES

No one introduces a twist in the tale quite like P.D. James, as the Mail’s exclusive series of her short stories has shown. In the second part of her third and final head-scratching whodunit, Emily testifies against her husband at his trial for attempted murder — and the jury is beguiled…  The suicide note was … Read more

MICK HUME: Why the Online Harms Bill could lead us into a new era of sinister state censorship

As the old proverb says, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Those words certainly apply to the Online Safety Bill, a sweeping measure that, in the name of public safety, could actually herald a new era of sinister state censorship. Freedom of speech is already under grave threat in this country, and … Read more

EastEnders SPOILER: Ian Beale hits rock bottom as Max Branning’s sinister threats escalate

EastEnders SPOILER: Ian Beale hits rock bottom as Max Branning’s sinister threats escalate (but who will be the culprit of his shocking attack?) By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 07:07 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 08:11 GMT, 27 November 2020 EastEnders’ Ian Beale will finally hit rock bottom on Monday as Max Branning’s sinister … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Attacking awkward truths is a sinister sign of weakness 

Someone as wild as Donald Trump seems to have been installed at the Department of Health and Social Care. On Saturday evening this character tweeted an attack on a piece which appeared in that day’s Daily Mail.  The article had cited numerous statistics which suggested that the effects of Covid-19 are less uniformly destructive than … Read more

Her stories terrified America – but writer Shirley Jackson’s private life was every bit as sinister

Shirley Jackson liked to recount how she got the idea for the story that shocked America while she was out doing the family grocery shopping one morning. She worked out the plot on her way home, plonked her toddler daughter in her playpen, put away the groceries and sat down to bash it out on … Read more

JOHN GRAY: Harsh measures meted out against migrants contain sinister echoes from France’s past

When migrants attempt the hazardous journey by sea from France to Britain, they are not merely seeking a better standard of living. They are fleeing to a country where they will not be exposed to the prejudice and mistreatment – sometimes brutal – that is their daily experience across the Channel. Home Secretary Priti Patel … Read more

Johnny Depp’s US lawyer is slammed for ‘macabre, threatening, sinister’ tweet

Johnny’s Depp’s US lawyer was today accused of sending a ‘sinister and macabre’ message aimed at Amber Heard’s interior designer. Adam Waldman’s tweet read: ‘In memoriam, Elon Musk’s decorator Laura Divenere’ after she had given evidence on Friday and called him the ‘biggest a**hole under the sun’.  Adam Wolanski QC, for News Group Newspapers, said … Read more

Historian Tom Holland says Britons will see boarding up of Winston Churchill’s statue as ‘sinister’

Popular historian and bestselling author Tom Holland said many Britons will regard the boarding up of Winston Churchill’s statue as ‘sinister’ after it was covered to protect it from further attacks.   Mr Holland, 52, also claimed the sight of locals in Poole, Dorset, needing to defend the statue of founder of the Scouting movement Robert Baden-Powell … Read more

TikTok dancer’s video leaves him feeling ‘sick’ as viewers spot sinister figure while home alone

Tik-SHOCK! Dancer’s video leaves him feeling ‘sick’… after social media users spot sinister figure lurking on stairs in the background while he’s home alone A shadowy figure can be seen lurking at the top of the stairs at around 4 seconds TikTok user @reubix_cube claims he was home alone and doesn’t have any pets He … Read more